{"podcast":{"title":"The Manager's Hour with Fexingo: People Management, Team Building, and Leadership Skills","slug":"the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622","podcast_index_feed_id":7871622,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":122,"summary":"Lucas and Luna explore the craft of people management in a series of focused conversations grounded in real-world cases and data. Each episode tackles a specific management challenge—hiring for culture fit vs. skill, conducting effective performance reviews, navigating team conflict, delegating without losing control, or building psychological safety in hybrid teams. Lucas brings the research (Gallup engagement data, Google's Project Aristotle, HBR case studies) and Luna pushes back with frontline practice from her own experience managing teams of ten to fifty. They avoid platitudes; instead, they walk through concrete scenarios like how to tell a high performer they're not getting promoted, how to run a retrospective that doesn't devolve into blame, and how to set boundaries with a CEO who keeps bypassing the chain of command. The show serves mid-level managers who have six to twenty direct reports and want to get better at the human side of leadership—not the theory, but the messy, daily work of helping people grow. Lucas and Luna don't pretend to have all the answers, but they ask the right questions: what do you owe the employee who is good but not great? How do you balance fa…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:17:55.133432+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622"},"episode":{"title":"How to Manage an Employee Who Always Says That's Not My Job","slug":"how-to-manage-an-employee-who-always-says-that-s-not-my-job","published_at":"2026-07-12T04:33:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622/how-to-manage-an-employee-who-always-says-that-s-not-my-job","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0109.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0109.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a common yet frustrating management challenge: the employee who habitually responds with 'that's not my job.' Drawing on research from organizational psychologist Dr. Amy Edmondson, they explore why this mindset develops and how to shift it. Lucas shares a specific case from a mid-sized software company where a senior developer refused to write documentation, causing bottlenecks. They discuss the difference between role clarity and rigid silos, and how managers can use 'psychological safety' to encourage ownership. Practical steps include redefining job descriptions as 'zones of responsibility' rather than fixed tasks, and conducting 'role expansion conversations' that link individual contributions to team outcomes. Luna offers a counterpoint on when boundaries are healthy, particularly for overworked employees. The episode ends with a reflection on the manager's own accountability in fostering a culture of flexibility. #ThatsNotMyJob #EmployeeManagement #PsychologicalSafety #AmyEdmondson #RoleClarity #TeamCulture #OwnershipMindset #ManagementTips #LeadershipSkills #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #TheManagersHour #TeamBuilding #Accountability #WorkplacePsychology #EmployeeEngagement #RoleExpansion #PeopleManagement Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a common yet frustrating management challenge: the employee who habitually responds with 'that's not my job.' Drawi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":410,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622/episodes/how-to-manage-an-employee-who-always-says-that-s-not-my-job/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622/how-to-manage-an-employee-who-always-says-that-s-not-my-job.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}